occupational theories

Question 1

Drew and Heritage, Occupational power , 1993

Answer 1

-members of a discourse community share inferential frameworks
-asymmetrical relationships
-consists of implicit ways of thinking, communicating and behaving
pros: framework provides a way to understand dynamics of institutional discourses; provides insight to how societal structures and dynamics are maintained
cons:overlooks instances of spontaneity, resistance or subversion in institutional conversations; doesn’t mention social cues and non verbal cues
-discourse is form from roles. eg: doctor/ patient

Question 2

Michael nelson, Manchester University

Answer 2

-compared a corpus business language with a general corpus (collection of texts)
-found they used business jargon (specialised business words) / semantic field of business
-nelson also stated that business English focused less on: existence of weekends, personal issues, society, family, home life
Strength: comparison of many different corpuses

Question 3

phatic communication - Koester (2004)

Answer 3

workers need to establish relationships and have interactions that are about more than just work
solidarity- ability to connect with others is important
Being social is important part of effective working

Question 4

John Swales (2011)

Answer 4

Defines a discourse community as having members who:
1. Share a set of common goals
2.communicate internally, using and “owning” one or more genres of communication
3.use specialist lexis and discourse
4.possess a required level of expertise

Question 5

Wareing’s influential power (1999)

Answer 5

Political: held by rigidity figures
Personal: power based on someone’s roles in society
Social: power held by a group of people due to certain social factors : ethnicity, age, class, gender